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Central football - Wooten Finalist for Statewide Honor
Central senior quarterback Brennen Wooten is a finalist for the Gridiron Legends Mr. Texas Football Player of the Week for Week 3.
Wooten broke the Central school record for passing yards in a game with 422 yards on 30-of-37 passing in Friday’s 60-14 win over El Paso Franklin. The TCU-bound senior had four touchdowns passing and two touchdowns rushing.
Shea Morenz (371 yards vs. Abilene High, 1990) previously held the record.
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CENTRAL MIDWEEK: Wooten producing in first year at Central
Transfer set single-game passing record
By Quinton Martinez
When highly recruited quarterback Brennen Wooten enrolled at Central High School in January, many were eager to see if his successes at Class 5A Marble Falls would translate to big time West Texas 6A football.
Three games into his senior campaign, the answer appears to be yes.
The strong-armed signal caller, who has been verbally committed to TCU for more than a year, took more than a quarter to put Central’s first points on the board in the season opener against Del Rio, but the Bobcats have been close to unstoppable since.
Wooten threw for 316 yards and four scores against the Rams, bettered that with 318 yards against Byron Nelson and then last week topped that again against El Paso Franklin — by halftime.
The 6-foot-2 quarterback had 338 yards passing and four touchdowns at the half en route to smashing Shea Morenz’s school record for passing yards in a game (371) with 422 yards against the Cougars.
“To break the record is pretty special — especially when Shea Morenz is a part of it,” Central head coach Brent Davis said.
“(Morenz) played in a lot of games and was obviously a D-1 talent. (Brennen) is so talented and so smart. ... He understands the game like a coach. He knows where his reads are, is going to go through his progressions and find the open guy. He puts it right on the money, and that is hard to defend.”
The record tally came in less than three full quarters as the game was well in control and Central was able to give Cal Vincent and Henry Teeter time at quarterback in the second half.
“Brennen is certainly a special player — he wouldn’t be committed to play for the No. 3 team in the country if he wasn’t,” offensive coordinator Kevin Crane said. “A player like him doesn’t come around every year. We are lucky to have him.
“I think everything is so slow for him, nothing is happening too fast. You can see that as you watch the game.”
The first drive of Friday’s game foretold that something special was about to happen.
Central had a long touchdown pass to Will Grindstaff called back on a holding penalty and then was also assessed a 15-yard personal foul, backing up the Bobcats with a rare first-and-35 at their own 22.
Not only did the Bobcats convert, but Wooten led them for the first of seven straight scoring drives in the first half.
“There is always a chance for us to have that kind of game,” junior receiver Aaron Wooten said. “It was a big game, but we expect that, to be honest. We started going that first drive and had a couple of penalties that backed us up. We executed, got the first down and started rolling.”
The junior receiver was the recipient of nine passes and two touchdowns from his older brother against Franklin — one of three receivers that had at least 78 yards receiving on the record night.
Brennen Wooten hit nine receivers, and 10 receivers total caught passes on the night. The depth Central features is something that the quarterback said makes the Bobcats’ air raid offense that much more difficult to defend.
“It is huge to have so many great receivers,” Brennen Wooten said. “We have four great starters, and the backups can contribute just as well as the starters. We are so deep, and that makes it hard to stop us because we can keep people fresh.
“Plus, our defense is phenomenal. It is amazing to have a defense as good as we do. They get us back on the field, and we are trying to put up points for them to reward that unit.”
Davis said Brennen Wooten has adjusted well to the 6A game after two years starting at Marble Falls and is still improving.
“He is coming into his own as a 6A quarterback at a high level here. He is only going to get better,” Davis said. “He goes through his progressions and is so disciplined. He doesn’t freak out. He is going to look at his read, move on and look at his next read, and his feet are never going to be happy.
“He is going to sit in the pocket as long as he can. He is a prototypical pocket passer, which is something that we haven’t had.
“The receivers have caught some unbelievable passes and the offensive line has done great — he hasn’t been sacked. It all goes together, but you have to have a trigger man.”
The quarterback has been so prolific through three games (91 of 126, 1,056 yards, 11 TDs) that his yardage already ties him for the 16th-most passing yards in an entire season for Central.
Brennen Wooten said he has been able to focus on the season and improving as a player instead of all the hoopla normally surrounding a blue-chip recruit, because he has been locked in with TCU for so long.
“There are a lot of kids that try to build up a lot of drama,” he said. “I’m not that kind of person. I am happy with my decision and happy to be trying to win a lot of games at Central.
“I have a great relationship with (co-offensive coordinator) coach (Sonny) Cumbie. I think he is a top-notch quarterback coach and a top-notch man. TCU is a great place, and I love Fort Worth. Coach (Gary) Patterson is obviously one of the best head coaches in the country. I feel like it is a great fit for me. They are one of the top teams in the nation; that is huge, too.”
Central at Frenship
What: Nondistrict football game
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Peoples Bank Stadium, Wolfforth
Records: Central is 3-0; Frenship is 3-0
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CENTRAL ADVANCE: Bobcats run D to face sternest test so far
‘Strength on strength' as Central meets Frenship
By Quinton Martinez
In three games this season, the Central High School defense has allowed just 162 yards rushing — an average of 54 yards per game.
That stout run defense will be tested more than it has been all season Friday night when the Bobcats head north to take on Frenship in a battle of 3-0 Class 6A foes.
Central head football coach Brent Davis knows how much of a challenge the Tigers present because he has seen it firsthand as a 1983 graduate of the school that his father, Bobby, built into a South Plains power.
The 2015 Tigers are led by Brent’s brother Brad, a position he has held since Bobby Davis retired in 2006.
“They are going to try to run the clock, and they are going to try to keep us from having the ball,” Brent Davis said. “They will run more than anyone we’ve played so far. They are 62 percent run, and they will probably be more than that against us.
“The good news is that is one of our strengths — run defense. It will be strength on strength. I’ll take our guys any day.”
The leader of the defensive effort the last two weeks has been defensive end Dylan Parsee.
The Stephen F. Austin commit had a game-high 14 tackles last week and leads the team with 30 stops on the year.
“Dylan was our leading tackler this week and I don’t think we’ve ever had a defensive end be the leading tackler in a game. He is our leading total tackler with 30 tackles and has been our defensive player of the week two weeks in a row.
“He has done an incredible job. On top of being an incredible athlete, his leadership and his preparation for our opponents has been incredible. He is relentless on the field, and he has a motor.”
A prime example of Parsee’s effort came on a third-down play early in last week’s win over Franklin.
The Cougars completed a pass to receiver Sebastian Hoy, who rambled 20 yards before being dragged out of bounds by a leaping defender.
That speedy Bobcat was Parsee, who ran all the way from his spot along the defensive line to catch Hoy and yank him out of bounds, picking up a personal-foul penalty for a horse collar tackle.
“We told him on the sideline that was a great play. Just try not to grab his collar next time,” Central defensive coordinator Mark Chester joked. “Coach (BJ) Petillo and coach (Freddy) Davis really coach effort, and you see it in their kids on the field. Every one of them hustles from the snap to the whistle. Parsee is really a skill player playing on the defensive line. He is as fast as anybody on our football team.”
Parsee and the Central front six will face a talented back in Frenship’s Ronald Awatt. Lubbock Cooper saw just how difficult Awatt is to contain, when the speedy back broke a 39-yard TD run with 17 seconds to play that proved to be the difference in a 21-16 Frenship win.
Awatt had 20 carries for 115 yards in helping the Tigers erase a 6-0 halftime deficit. Even in the win, Frenship was outgained 309-270 by the Pirates, in their second season at the 5A level.
“We have to get them in second- and third-and-long to make them have to throw the ball,” Davis said. “They are capable of throwing the ball, that’s just not what they want to do. Their tailback is really good. He is their go-to guy. We’ve got to shut him down. ... He is probably the best running back we will have seen up to this point.”
Bobcat Bites
Last week against Franklin, junior safety Brock Martin intercepted his third pass in as many games to help set up Central’s 36-point second quarter.
Central’s Brent Davis is 2-0 in his career against Frenship, the first win coming at The Colony against his father, Bobby, and the second coming last year against his brother Brad.
Central at Frenship
What: Nondistrict football game
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Peoples Bank Stadium, Wolfforth
Records: Central 3-0, Frenship 3-0
Radio: 94.7 KIXY-FM
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Bobcats earn rain-shortened win over Frenship
By Quinton Martinez
WOLFFORTH — Central head football coach Brent Davis and his brother, Frenship head coach Brad Davis, didn’t really want to have to play each other the last two seasons.
It turns out Mother Nature didn’t want them to clash either.
Friday’s game was halted by lightning just after the third quarter ended, and after 45 minutes of a deluge and subsequent close lightning strikes, Frenship decided to call the game, giving the Bobcats a 21-16 win.
The Bobcats (4-0) were about to line up with a fourth-and-1 at their own 21-yard line when the third quarter expired and the lightning meter went off at Peoples Bank Stadium in Wolfforth.
The game never resumed and was officially called at 9:50 p.m. as the sky was still frequently being lit up by lightning.
“It was really Frenship’s decision, since it was their game. We said we’d go along with whatever they decided,” Central’s Brent Davis said. “We waited for 45 minutes and it kept striking, which resets the clock. Plus we’d have to warm up again.
“We got three really good quarters of football in and we got out of it what we needed. We’ll call it a win.”
Coming into the game, everyone expected a smash-mouth rushing team taking on a team ready to air it out Friday when the Davis brothers led their teams against one another.
The surprising thing was, it was the Bobcats that succeeded on the ground and it was the Tigers that were able to connect for deep passes.
“Their quarterback (Tresten Kennard) played really well,” Brent Davis said. “On the film that we had, we didn’t think he could hurt us with the deep ball and he did. He played extremely well. No. 6 (Jordan Mannon) played extremely well.
“I thought we ran the ball extremely well. They run such an unorthodox defense, you have to give your quarterback time, and they got to him a couple of times. It is a tough team to throw the ball against.”
Central and Frenship each finished with exactly 282 yards of offense, but the breakdown was unexpected.
The Bobcats had 156 yards passing and 126 on the ground, which almost doubled the rushing output of the run-first Tigers.
Frenship had just 69 yards rushing, but Kennard connected for 213 yards against the Central defense.
The Tigers struck first when Kennard hit Alfonso Aguilar on a 5-yard pass on third down late in the first quarter.
After struggles on its first two drives, Central blitzed the Tigers with a six-play, 75-yard drive. The point after went astray and the Bobcats trailed 7-6 after one.
Late in the second quarter, Brennen Wooten showed off his legs with a 30-yard keeper for the go-ahead score with 3:00 until the half, giving Central a 14-10 edge at the break.
In addition to Wooten’s scamper, senior Khalil Antoine gashed the Tigers for a 39-yard run in the first half.
“We had some big passing plays on them, but it wasn’t consistent,” Brent Davis said. “They were loading everything up and playing us man, so when we got through on some of those runs, nobody was there. When we did pop them, they were big plays.”
Central added on to its ground successes when Mike Brown found paydirt from 21 yards out with 3:11 to play in the third.
Brown’s second rushing TD in as many weeks was set up by a couple of big pass plays to Adam West and Aaron Wooten’s first catch of the night — a 32-yard gain down to the 21.
The momentum from Brown’s TD was short-lived as the Tigers struck back quickly.
Kennard continued to attack the Central secondary, connecting on a pass he had tried multiple times before. The Frenship quarterback hit Mannon in stride for a 69-yard score but Frenship missed the extra point, leaving the score 21-16 when the lightning and rain came.
Brennen Wooten finished 12 of 20 with an interception and a passing and rushing touchdown, totaling 156 yards.
West and Vincent each ended with a team-high four catches, with Vincent tallying 52 yards and a score.
Antoine led the team with 64 yards rushing and Brown added 43 yards and a score on the ground.
The Central defense held Frenship tailback Ronald Awatt to 83 yards on 17 carries, but the Bobcats were hurt by Mannon in the passing game, as the receiver hauled in three catches for 125 yards and a score.
Central will host Laredo Alexander next week for homecoming, while Frenship will travel to Odessa High.
Central 21
Frenship 16
Central 6 8 7 X — 21
Frenship 7 3 6 X — 16
FIRST QUARTER
FRE — Alfonso Aguilar 5 pass from Tresten Kennard (Jared Hallman kick), 2:32 remaining
CEN — Cal Vincent 14 pass from Brennen Wooten (kick failed), :31
SECOND QUARTER
CEN — B. Wooten 30 run (Aaron Wooten pass from B. Wooten), 3:00
FRE — Hallman 23 field goal, :00
THIRD QUARTER
CEN — Mike Brown 21 run (Marc Cabrera kick), 3:11
FRE — Jordan Mannon 69 pass from Kennard (kick failed), 2:58
Central Frenship
First downs 15 9
Rushes-Yards 23-126 22-69
Passing 156 213
Comp-Att-Int 12-20-1 11-17-0
Punts 3-29.3 3-33
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-70 6-65
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Central — Khalil Antoine 9-64, Mike Brown 8-43, Brennen Wooten 6-19. Frenship — Ronald Awatt 17-83, Broderick Harrell 1-0, Tresten Kennard 4-(-14).
PASSING: Central — B. Wooten 12-20-1 for 156. Frenship — Kennard 11-17-0 for 213.
RECEIVING: Central — Cal Vincent 4-52, Adam West 4-36, Aaron Wooten 1-32, Antoine 1-25, Will Grindstaff 2-12. Frenship — Jordan Mannon 3-125, Alfonso Aguilar 5-41, Broderick Harrell 1-40, Zack Gallardo 1-6, Bryce Kiser 1-1.
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CENTRAL MIDWEEK: Central's offensive line holding its own despite injuries
By Quinton Martinez
The Central High School football coaching staff knew the offensive line might be a work in progress during the nondistrict portion of the 2015 season.
What the coaches couldn’t have predicted is how many moving parts that would entail as Central’s front has been hit hard by injuries that have forced changes nearly every week.
Starters Blake Furman (left guard) and Cameron Cross (center) have each missed time because of injury, forcing the rest of the line to pick up the slack and offensive line coach Jon Long to see just how much depth he has.
“That is just football sometimes — especially in the trenches,” said Long, in his second season on the staff at Central. “You get beat up a bit here and there. Consistency is always an important part of offensive line.
“We’ve got some guys that are stepping up, and we’ve seen some good things out of some guys the last few weeks. We have a ‘Next guy up’ mentality and we are doing OK.”
Left tackle Braxton Webb, an SMU commit, and right tackle Rodrick Mayberry have each solidified the line, while Long has been pleased with the play of Desmond Salamanca, Jonathon Uresti as well as Fern Rodriguez and freshman Gunner Couch, who have had to fill the shoes of the injured Cross and Furman.
“Rodrick has come a long way from when we first got him,” Long said. “He has always been a big kid, an athletic kid and a strong kid. He had some technical things that we had to fix. He was really raw when I got him. He has become the vocal leader, too, which is awesome for me. He has jumped into the role and done a great job.
“Braxton is a steady hand. He always helps us and does a great job.”
Mayberry was named the offensive player of the week after grading out at 91 percent, having four pancakes and not yielding a sack against the aggressive Frenship defensive scheme.
Long said the Bobcats’ right tackle, who played as a freshman and sophomore at TLCA, has graded over 90 percent all year.
“In the beginning it was pretty hard to adjust,” Mayberry said. “I came from a running offense and I had to get used to pass sets. Other than that, it has been pretty easy overall.
“Our main focus in practice is not giving up a sack. Against Frenship, they were sending six people against us and that is hard to block. Outside of that I think we’ve done pretty good.”
Despite the shuffling bodies, Central has only allowed two sacks this season — both coming in last week’s game against Frenship.
Both Long and head coach Brent Davis have been pleased with the consistent improvement that the linemen have shown this year, including Rodriguez at center, who started his first game for the Bobcats last week.
“He had played some before and played quite a bit against Franklin, but (last week) was the first time he ever had to prepare to start, and I thought he did really well,” Davis said. “He is going have to keep stepping up for us.”
Long feels confident that Uresti can play tackle, guard or center if needed and said that Couch is making strides — especially considering he has gone straight from eighth grade to 6A varsity football.
“For Gunner everything is new, but everything improves every day,” Long said. “It isn’t eighth-grade football anymore, but he has never batted an eye at it.”
Despite breaking in four new starters, and injury woes, Central has still averaged 41 points and 466 yards per game on offense through four games.
“Other than Braxton, we were very young (in terms of experience) across the board,” Long said. “It was always a worry, but it was never a big issue for me. I knew they would get better and better.”
Bobcat bites
Central is attempting the go unbeaten in nondistrict (in a schedule of at least four games) for the first time since 1991. The ’91 Bobcats finished 10-3-1 and were actually 3-0-1 in nondistrict, including a 15-15 tie against San Antonio Clark. Shea Morenz quarterbacked that team to the state semifinals.
The Bobcats last went 5-0 in nondistrict in 1956 against a schedule that included Fort Worth Northside, El Paso High, Arlington Heights, Lufkin, San Antonio Harlandale and Dallas Sunset.
Central vs. Laredo Alexander
What: Nondistrict football game
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: San Angelo Stadium
Records: Central is 4-0; Alexander is 2-2
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CENTRAL FOOTBALL ADVANCE: Road weary Bobcats happy to be back at home
By Quinton Martinez
The Central Bobcats will finish the first half of the regular season at home against Laredo Alexander.
To the Bobcats and their coaches, the key part of that sentence is “at home.”
Though travel isn’t new to the team, when the San Angelo Independent School District buses returned home last week, it capped the Bobcats’ third road game in four weeks, totaling more than 1,000 miles.
The Bobcats are happy to be walking out of their own locker rooms in front of their own fans Friday night.
“We’ve had three really long road trips, and I think it showed a bit at the beginning of the Frenship game,” Central head coach Brent Davis said. “It is not an excuse. We weren’t really sharp in that first quarter, and we are glad to be home. We will be able to get into our routine, play in front of our great home crowd and give them something to yell about.”
The Bobcats are hoping to get the same boost from their home crowd at San Angelo Stadium that pushed them over the top in their past two home appearances — the “Comeback on the Concho” playoff win last year over Arlington Bowie (55-52, two overtimes) and a 43-42 come-from-behind win over Byron Nelson three weeks ago.
In a perfect run at home last season, the Bobcats averaged 39.5 points per game.
“We are pretty tired from playing on the road,” receiver Cal Vincent said. “We are happy to be here at home. It has been tough with that many road games. We felt tired all the time.
“We can still do better offensively. Our run game has done pretty well. I think there are some things we can do in the passing game. As receivers, we need to do a better job of blocking.”
Vincent leads the Bobcats in receiving with 27 catches for 297 yards and four touchdowns. Aaron Wooten (19-222, 3 TDs) has also eclipsed 200 yards receiving and Adam West is a yard shy (16-199).
The Central offense will contend with another defense aiming to wreak havoc in the backfield, but Alexander relies mostly on its front four to cause damage, unlike blitz-heavy Frenship.
“Our defense needs to play the way they’ve been playing,” said Laredo Alexander head coach Joel Lopez. “We are at home against that kind of spread offense. They see that offense in the spring, and hopefully that can help us to defend (Central’s offense) and put ourselves in position to be successful.”
Lopez said among the Bulldogs’ nine returning starters on defense, the front four leads the way with three seniors and a junior.
Alexander’s defense has allowed the Bulldogs to succeed in low-scoring games, having yielded just 55 points (13.8 per game).
“Their defense is good, and their offense is getting better each week,” Davis said. “They get up the field with their front four. They penetrate a gap and try to get in your backfield with their front four. They are not a big blitzing team.
“We are going to have to play well up front, like against Frenship. We have to control the line of scrimmage.”
Davis is looking to get some reinforcements back this week who had missed some action due to injury, including running back Daven Manning. In parts of two games this season, the junior running back had racked up 168 yards of offense.
Central will be off next week before opening District 3-6A play Oct. 9 at Abilene High.
“We need to get some game time before we go to Abilene, for sure,” Davis said. “All those guys need to see the field so they can get into game speed and game shape.
“Hopefully we can get them back game ready, before we take the week off and get ready for Abilene.”
Central vs. Laredo Alexander
What: Non district football game
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: San Angelo Stadium
Records: Central 4-0, Alexander 2-2
Radio: 94.7 KIXY-FM
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Bobcats breeze to a 72-14 blowout win over Laredo Alexander
By Quinton Martinez
The last two times the Central Bobcats played at San Angelo Stadium, it took a fourth-quarter rally for the home team to pull out a win.
Friday night on homecoming, the Bobcats took care of business much sooner than the final frame, earning a convincing 72-14 win over Laredo Alexander.
The victory kept Central perfect on the year and gave the Bobcats their first 5-0 non-district start to a season since 1956. [Shady12 note: Not sure why he's playing this up, how many times does a team play that many non-district games in a season? Went undefeated in 2013 non-district]
“Our defense played extremely well and our offense played well,” Central head coach Brent Davis said. “When we do that, we are going to put points up.
“Our defense is playing well and it has been. Our offense clicked tonight. We needed to get Daven (Manning) some reps tonight and we did. It is good to be 5-0 — that hasn’t happened around here in a long time.”
The Bulldogs, featuring nine returning starters on defense from 2014, had not allowed more than 25 points in any game all season coming into the game, but gave up more than double that by the half.
Central led Alexander 51-0 at the break, thanks in large part to the play of its own defense.
Senior defensive end Dylan Parsee had two strip sacks in the first half, powering a dominant effort from Central’s defensive front against the Bulldogs.
“We knew their quarterback was young (a sophomore) and we wanted to put some heat on him and make it hard for him to sit back there and throw,” Parsee said. “I was just trying to play my best and go get the quarterback.”
The Bobcats defense held Alexander to three three-and-out in the first quarter, but truly took the game over in the second quarter.
Consistent pressure forced the Bulldogs to line up for their fifth punt of the contest, when the snap sailed high and Alexander could do nothing but fall on the ball in the end zone, and defensive lineman Austin Garcia cleaned up the play to earn the safety and a 24-0 Central lead.
“We are playing with a lot of confidence right now,” Garcia said. “We just go out there and try to do our job; we work hard in practice against the scout team and during the game.
“On the bad snap I saw the ball, but he covered it up, so I jumped on top of him.”
Parsee ended the next two Bulldogs’ drives with a sack and forced fumble — the first allowing Cedrick Smith to scoop and score from five yards out — and the second setting the table for an 87-yard drive that was the dagger in the second quarter.
After Garcia pounced on the free ball jarred loose by Parsee, Brennen Wooten led the Bobcats offense on a 10-play drive that ended with his second rushing TD of the night, from five yards out.
Wooten hit Manny Villanueva on the next drive for a 27-yard TD to cap the first half.
The senior quarterback finished his night 22 of 30 for 278 with four TDs passing and another two on the ground.
While the defense was dominant, keeping Alexander (25 carries, three yards) in negative rushing yardage until the final two plays of the game, the offense again showed off a handful of playmakers.
Twelve Bobcats caught a pass, seven players scored a touchdown, and six players had at least one carry, including Manning, who returned after missing two weeks due to injury.
Manning led the team with 78 yards on nine carries, but four other backs had at least 29 yards on the ground — including Khalil Antoine (5-29, 2 TDs).
After two weeks in the backfield, Mike Brown returned to slot receiver Friday and burned the Alexander defense with touchdowns on both of his catches — from 18 and 40 yards out.
“That is our philosophy to spread the ball around, spread the field and use it,” Davis said. “When you can throw it to that many guys and have success — along with both of our backs — it makes it a tough deal to defend.”
Though Alexander sophomore quarterback Ezekiel Coss struggled early, Davis felt like he improved as the game went along, and his stats bear that out.
Coss finished 17 of 36 with 220 yards and two touchdowns, but had two lost fumbles. Receiver Eric Ovalle was the biggest weapon offensively for the Bulldogs with five catches for 84 yards and a score.
After a nondistrict slate that featured four long road trips, Central will get a breather after Friday, with an open date before opening District 3-6A play Oct. 9 with a huge contest at Shotwell Stadium against Abilene High.
“We know it is going to be a tough district — we’ve been preaching it all week,” Garcia said. “We have a bye week coming up so we can rest up and game plan. Abilene is a tough team. We know we had to work hard for it last year, and we are going to have to again.
“Hopefully we can get the three-peat.”
Central 72
Alexander 14
Alexander 0 0 7 7 — 14
Central 22 29 14 7 — 72
FIRST QUARTER
Central — Aaron Wooten 3 pass from Brennen Wooten (Mike Brown run), 9:00 remaining
Central — Khalil Antoine 11 run (Marc Cabrera kick), 6:04
Central — Mike Brown 18 pass from B. Wooten (Cabrera kick), 0:05
SECOND QUARTER
Central — Safety (Austin Garcia), 11:08
Central — B. Wooten 23 run (Cabrera kick), 10:47
Central — Cedrick Smith 5 fumble return (Cabrera kick), 9:28 Central — B. Wooten 5 run (kick failed), 2:20
Central — Manny Villanueva 27 pass from B. Wooten (Cabrera kick), 0:48
THIRD QUARTER
Central — Adam West 12 pass from B. Wooten (Cabrera kick), 10:08
Central — Brown 40 pass from Cal Vincent (Collin McDonald kick), 6:40
Alexander — Eric Ovalle 9 pass from Ezekiel Coss (Juan Vidales kick), 0:29
FOURTH QUARTER
Central — Antoine 9 run (McDonald kick), 9:00
Alexander — Peter Brewster 11 pass from Coss (Vidales kick), 6:48
Alexander Central
First downs 12 25
Rushing Yards 25-3 31-218
Passing Yards 220 339
Comp-Att-Int 17-36-0 28-37-0
Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-0
Punts-avg. 6-28 2-28.5
Penalties-yards 5-48 11-68
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Alexander — Jonathan LaCroix 11-23, Alexander Gomez 5-16, Dante’ Swain 1-0, Ezekiel Coss 7-(-16), TEAM 1-(-20). Central — Daven Manning 9-78, Henry Teeter 4-36, Brennen Wooten 6-35, Cal Vincent 2-33, Khalil Antoine 5-29, Manny Villanueva 2-11, TEAM 3-(-4).
PASSING: Alexander — Coss 17-36-0 for 220. Central — B. Wooten 22-30-0 for 278; Vincent 4-5-0 for 50; Teeter 2-2-0 for 11.
RECEIVING: Alexander — Eric Ovalle 5-84, Swain 4-54, Mark Gonzales 3-47, Peter Brewster 3-21, Sam Ramos 1-9, LaCroix 1-5. Central — Adam West 3-76, Mike Brown 2-58; Aaron Wooten 3-44, Villanueva 3-34; Vincent 2-27, Manning 4-25, Antoine 3-22, Grindstaff 2-13, Aych 3-13, Teeter 1-11, Donovan Moore 1-9, Luis Pena 1-7.
RECORDS: Central 5-0, Alexander 2-3.
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